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News, Europe, migrants, humanitarian

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Producer(s): LES FILMS DU BALIBARI

Coproducer(s)/co-financing:
FRANCE TELEVISIONS, France 3 Nord Pas-de-Calais Picardie, Filmtank, Stenola Productions

Length:  1x90

Format:  One-off

Original version: French

Versions available: English: subtitle

Nationality: France

Year: 2018

Rights: TBA

Support(s):  HD file

WORLD-CITY

Director(s): Antarès BASSIS – Writer(s): Antarès BASSIS   Contact Contact   Download Print page

In Calais 7,000 migrants lived in the Jungle now dismantled.
40 kilometres away lies the small city of Grande- Synthe (20,000 inhabitants), which opened the first U.N.H.C.R. camp in France for 2,500 refugees in March 2016. In doing this, the mayor Damien Carême was in direct opposition to the government. He worked with two NGOs, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and Utopia 56. Everyone was hoping that this new type of open and humane camp would become an example of what is possible.
Cyrille Hanappe, a social architect and professor at Paris-Belleville school, specialized in risk architecture, upon hearing about the site, wasted no time. Fascinated by this new camp, he promptly offered his expertise.
Over a period of 18 months, we’ll immerse ourselves in the evolution of this endeavour. What happens when a visionary architect looks at a refugee camp as if it were just another future neighbourhood in the city, and thinks that this ephemeral construction should be considered as an area, where a new community has moved in. Wouldn’t it open up a range of possibilities, for refugees who inhabit it, and for residents who are currently bewildered by their influx?
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